Patriots receiver Wes Welker says he regrets foot remarks

Associated PressPatriots receiver Wes Welker was benched the first offensive series of the Patriots-Jets playoff game over references he made about feet and toes. The comments were a not-so-subtle dig as Jets coach Rex Ryan, who allegedly took part in the filming of foot fetish videos.

“Yeah, sure I do,” he told the Boston Herald, according to a report on the newspaper’s website today.

The Herald said Welker made his remarks at an airport in San Francisco while awaiting his flight to Honolulu for the Pro Bowl on Sunday.

At a news conference on Jan. 13, three days before the Jets beat the Patriots 28-21 in a divisional playoff game, Welker made about a dozen references to toes and feet, a not-so-subtle dig at Ryan. Patriots coach Bill Belichick benched Welker for the first offensive series of that game.

In the week before the game, the Jets’ Antonio Cromartie called Patriots’ Tom Brady an expletive.